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<h1>Sensor</h1><p><span class="helptopic">Sensor superclass</span></p><p>
An abstact superclass to represent robot navigation sensors.

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<h2>Methods</h2>
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  <tr><td style="white-space: nowrap;" class="col1"> display</td> <td>print the parameters in human readable form</td></tr>
  <tr><td style="white-space: nowrap;" class="col1"> char</td> <td>convert to string</td></tr>
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<h2>Properties</h2>
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  <tr><td style="white-space: nowrap;" class="col1"> robot</td> <td>The Vehicle object on which the sensor is mounted</td></tr>
  <tr><td style="white-space: nowrap;" class="col1"> map</td> <td>The Map object representing the landmarks around the robot</td></tr>
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<h2>Reference</h2>
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Robotics, Vision &amp; Control,
Peter Corke,
Springer 2011

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<h2>See also</h2>
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<a href="matlab:doc EKF">EKF</a>, <a href="matlab:doc Vehicle">Vehicle</a>, <a href="matlab:doc Map">Map</a></p>
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<a name="Sensor"><h1>Sensor.Sensor</h1></a>
<p><span class="helptopic">Sensor object constructor</span></p><p>
<strong>s</strong> = <span style="color:red">Sensor</span>(<strong>vehicle</strong>, <strong>map</strong>) is a sensor mounted on the Vehicle object
<strong>vehicle</strong> and observing the landmark map <strong>map</strong>.
<strong>s</strong> = <span style="color:red">Sensor</span>(<strong>vehicle</strong>, <strong>map</strong>, R) is an instance of the <span style="color:red">Sensor</span> object mounted
on a vehicle represented by the object <strong>vehicle</strong> and observing features in the
world represented by the object <strong>map</strong>.

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<a name="char"><h1>Sensor.char</h1></a>
<p><span class="helptopic">Convert sensor parameters to a string</span></p><p>
<strong>s</strong> = S.<span style="color:red">char</span>() is a string showing sensor parameters in
a compact human readable format.

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<a name="display"><h1>Sensor.display</h1></a>
<p><span class="helptopic">Display status of sensor object</span></p><p>
S.<span style="color:red">display</span>() displays the state of the sensor object in
human-readable form.

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<h2>Notes</h2>
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  <li>This method is invoked implicitly at the command line when the result
of an expression is a Sensor object and the command has no trailing
semicolon.</li>
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<h2>See also</h2>
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<a href="matlab:doc Sensor.char">Sensor.char</a></p>
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